Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-28


some good work in the east end OF
town.
Messrs. Richcreek q Jennison are
moving their law Office into Opera
House block, up stairs, east entrance.
The Little RiAer r. r. has located
a town OF the west side of Squire
Rearick's farm, in Beaver township.
The Santa Fe trains from the east
are nearly always late now. We pre-
sumo this due to the immense travel.
The Christian church will hold SER
vices at the Court House each evening
this week, at 8 o'clock. Everybody
is invited.
Mr.. A. Campbell, whose home is
near Ellinwood, made us call to
day. Mr.. Campbell reports wheat
prospects good in his locality.
The Morrison Bros, contractors
and builders, inform us that
they employ now over fifty men daily.
All other contractors throughout the
city are running all the hands they
can get hold of
Some parties in Great Bend are
now contemplating sinking artesian
wells; AMI from indications and
pointers recently obtained, there
seems a fair probability they will
make them a success.
III. G. Diehl came in from Mont
rose, Colorado, where he has been
residing the past two years. His
familiar face looks natural ON our
streets again and we hope he has
come back to stay in Gods country.
Mir. Ed. Anshutz, of Stafford county,
made us a pleasant call this morning.
He reports wheat looking well in his
part of the country. His home is in
the north part of Stafford and like all
the rest of the people in that part of
the country would like to be attached
to Barton.
"Sing song of sixpence a town
full of booms, four and twenty kick
ers laid in their tombs. When the
tomss are open, the cranks begin to
kick, up stepped boomer and
dumped them in the creek > Osaoego
Bee.
Ope of the highest compliments
visitors pay our county and city is
the general remark that few places
they have yet seen presented such
pictures of health and enterprise gen
orally pervading the multitudes of
people on the streets as is seen upon
those of Great Bend.
1t is next to an impossibility for
one to secure a seat on west-bOund
Santa Fe train. Where all the peo-
pie are going, is wonder; but they
are evidently going somewhere, and +,
judging from the amount of baggage
carried by most of them, they are
going to stay.
A prominent business man sug-
gested that we join in concerted eff
fort to induce some man to come here
and start an egg-making establish
ment This thing of the hens
throughout the county quitting bust
ness whenever the price of eggs reach
the highest notch, is becoming mo-
notonous and expensive.
MIR. W. B. Bruce, of Clarence, was
in town to-day and says that the com.
munity up there has considerable ex.
element over some kind Of wild
beast that is killing dogs, calves, etc.
in wholesale manner. The people
are undecided as to what it is. Some
say it is one thing and others think
differently.
Tuesday eve the sixty-eighth ami
versary of Odd Fellowship was cele
brated by the orders at their hall in
this city. Quite q number of the
members of the order from LarneC
came down On the evening train
,Fhey were shown around cur city il
carriages and entertained with sup
per. An exceedingly pleasant time
was enjoyed by al participating.
Last night carload of men wa
shipped to this place by thu Santa Fl